Step 5: 7000 Museums

Step 6: Light Bag, Light Heart

That little green bag contains all the stuff I needed to climb a mountain and camp comfortably near the summit in freezing rain and snow. In The Bag:T...

Step 6: Light Bag, Light Heart

That little green bag contains all the stuff I needed to climb a mountain and camp comfortably near the summit in freezing rain and snow.

In The Bag:The tarp, poncho, umbrella, windpants, pair of wool socks,some plastic bags to put over them in my shoes,sleeping bag stuffed smal, an equally stuffable quilted polyester jacket, stocking cap. food for a couple of days and a bottle of water.

Absolutely fantastic Instructable!! You thought just about everything. You gave great Japanese Cultural insight and I think you might have just started a new sort of fad! A must do when you visit Japan "Bumcamping in Japan". Several funny comments/explanations. You can find some more possible helpful ideas from a German Film 'Erleuchtung Garantiert' otherwise known as 'Enlightenment Guaranteed' which is difficult to find but I have rented it at Blockbuster before. AND the Germans speak some English since they are in Japan. I know that if/when I go back to Japan, bumcamping will be on my to do list!! I will keep an eye out on any other instructables you might have. Arigato Gosaimas / Thanks!

It was pretty expensive. I think it was a 3 week trip. As I recall, the roundtrip flight was $900 or so, the train pass was maybe $450, and miscellaneous added up to quite a bit even though I didn't stay in any hotels.

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Bio:Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...read more »